Patreon and Cloudflare Block AI Crawlers
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-07-13
Patreon and Cloudflare are actively blocking AI crawlers from accessing content, effectively creating a "paywall/licensing gate" between model companies and content platforms.
The core focus here isn't a specific model, but rather how creators are leveraging technology and platform rules to push back against unauthorized data scraping and training.
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